Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Ninety-Fifth Meeting

Name: Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Ninety-Fifth Meeting
Start: 2025-03-26T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-26T16:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Wednesday 26 Mar 2025, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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- - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - Normal session
  - 1
    Adoption of the agenda
    
    CERN/FC/6881/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 2
    Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-ninety-fourth meeting
    
    CERN/FC/6882/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 3
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting
  - 4
    
    Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
  - 5
    Financial and budgetary matters
    
    a) CERN Annual Progress Report 2024 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
    
    CERN/SPC/1252/RA CERN/FC/6883/RA CERN/3886/RA
    
    English
    
    Slides
    
    Slides - SPC Chair
    
    b) Status of payment of the contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and Status of 2024 budget and actual expenses (Mr R. Bello)
    
    CERN/FC/6884/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 6
    Audit Committee (AC) (Professor J. Schieck)
    
    a) Report on the AC meeting held on 25 February 2025 (Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) AC – Annual activity report 2024
    
    CERN/FC/6885/RA CERN/3889/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
  - 7
    Pension Fund matters
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Mr D. Heron - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    c) Report of the Pension Fund Governing Board on the Definition of Full Funding (Mr D. Heron)
    
    CERN/FC/6869/RA/Rev. CERN/3860/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 11:10
  
  - - - COFFEE BREAK - - -
- - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
  - 8
    Associate Member States: possible measures in the event of contribution arrears
    
    CERN/FC/6886/RA CERN/3895/C
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 9
    The financial contribution of Ukraine to CERN for 2025
    
    CERN/FC/6887/RA CERN/3896/C
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 12:05
  
  - - - LUNCH - - -
- - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 10
    Status of accelerators and experiments
    
    Slides - SPC Chair
    
    a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Dr M. Meddahi - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status of the experiments and computing (Prof. J. Mnich)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    Relations with industrial stakeholders
    
    a) Update from the ILO Forum (Dr J. Visser - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report on knowledge transfer in 2024 (Dr G. Anelli - Oral)
    
    Report on Knowledge Transfer in 2024
    
    Slides
    
    c) Report on procurement activities in 2024 (Ms C. Lara)
    
    CERN/FC/6888/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12
    New contract adjudications (Mr C. Hartley)
    
    Slides
    
    a) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of integrated, cabled power converters
    
    CERN/FC/6889/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement for the characterisation of HTS REBCO tape
    
    CERN/FC/6890/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support for mathematical computing software
    
    CERN/FC/6891/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    d) Proposal for the award of two blanket purchase contracts for the supply of desktops, laptops, monitors and accessories through punch-out catalogues
    
    CERN/FC/6892/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    e) Proposal for the award of a contract for the maintenance and operation of cooling and ventilation systems on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6893/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    f) Proposal for the award of a contract for the civil engineering work required for the construction of a new 66/18 kV electrical substation at LHC Point 5 in Cessy (France)
    
    CERN/FC/6894/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    g) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of civil engineering consultancy services for site investigations for the Future Circular Collider study at CERN
    
    CERN/FC/6895/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    h) Proposal for the award of two contracts for painting, plastering, false-ceiling and floor-covering services on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6896/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    i) Proposal for the award of a contract for decontamination work on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6897/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    j) Proposal for the award of a contract for metal carpentry, metalwork, metal joinery, roofing and cladding work on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6898/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 13
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
  - 14
    
    Other business